S Africa's Special Envoy to visit North and East
By Mirudhula Thambiah-April 15, 2014
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Spokesman and Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran, who returned from South Africa, yesterday said the special envoy, Cyril Ramaphosa, will pay a visit to Sri Lanka in May or June, especially to the North and the East in order to observe the situation.
Special envoy Ramaphosa and his delegation will meet government members and the TNA, he said.
"We urged, during our visit, that it is important for a comprehensive political settlement in the North and the East, before reconciliation. We discussed the intense militarization in the North and the East and the new round ups and the arrests of innocent civilians under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, the resettlement issues and the large number of private lands that have been taken over by the military," he said.
The TNA delegation mainly discussed about the proposals brought forward in the past, to settle the political issue, the US Resolution passed during the UNHCR sessions and the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report to implement the reconciliation process in the country, he said.
"We pointed out to the South African delegates that there were 18 rounds of discussions with the government, held to settle the political issues, but we were not able to reach a comprehensive settlement", he said.
By Mirudhula Thambiah-April 15, 2014 Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Spokesman and Parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran, who returned from South Africa, yesterday said the special envoy, Cyril Ramaphosa, will pay a visit to Sri Lanka in May or June, especially to the North and the East in order to observe the situation.
Special envoy Ramaphosa and his delegation will meet government members and the TNA, he said.
"We urged, during our visit, that it is important for a comprehensive political settlement in the North and the East, before reconciliation. We discussed the intense militarization in the North and the East and the new round ups and the arrests of innocent civilians under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, the resettlement issues and the large number of private lands that have been taken over by the military," he said.
The TNA delegation mainly discussed about the proposals brought forward in the past, to settle the political issue, the US Resolution passed during the UNHCR sessions and the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) Report to implement the reconciliation process in the country, he said.
"We pointed out to the South African delegates that there were 18 rounds of discussions with the government, held to settle the political issues, but we were not able to reach a comprehensive settlement", he said.
